IVF pregnancy rates have been improving over the years. This is because of the use of better stimulation protocols, improvement in embryology techniques, ICSI, assisted zona hatching, better embryo ... read more
Egg freezing is now clinically available and very successful. At InVia, we have now been offering this option for the last few years. For the past year, we have been using a technique called the ... read more
Fragile X Syndrome is the most common cause of inherited mental disability. The following is a link to an excellent summary of the current knowledge of Fragile X syndrome. read more
Smith in 1849 first attempted tubal catheterization (TC) using a whalebone. In 1985, Platia and Krudy described transvaginal TC at the time of laparoscopy. Confino and others described the currently ... read more
Tubal factor is a major cause of female infertility. Evaluation of the fallopian tubes is routinely done as part of an infertility work up. Several techniques have been used to evaluate the fallopian ... read more
35% of infertility issues in women can be attributed to tubal factor problems: blocked or otherwise impaired fallopian tubes. When the fallopian tubes are compromised, eggs are more likely to fail to ... read more
I have previously written a blog on this very issue. There was a lot of interest in the topic and we received hundreds of questions about the topic. There has since been a lot of new information ... read more
This weekend’s issue of the Wall Street Journal has an excellent essay by Sarah Elizabeth Richards on why she froze her eggs. Her story is probably the story of hundreds and thousands of women who ... read more
